Forum Post: "ism"s create Schisms
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 12, 2011, 7:39 p.m. EST by riethc
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I'm tired of hearing people talk about Capitalism vs. Socialism. As far as I am concerned, Socialism fully implemented, leads to oppression by the state and Capitalism, fully implemented, leads to oppression by the rich. Truth is, these theoretical states of Capitalism and Socialism have never fully existed in any system, and will never fully exist. Saying these "ism"s are like saying Upism vs. Downism: you never fully are "up" and you never fully are "down", it's only in relation to where you are at the moment.
So rather that waste our time with "ism"s, why don't we focus on American solutions, which means digging through our past, seeing what works and what can be applied to our current situation, shall we?
true.
and i have posted assorted threads saying the same thing.
please check them out.
http://www.oligarchyusa.com/
http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/5390832/some-fascinating-stats-about-our-corporate-oligarchy
http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/category/21st-century-challenges/ethicsandeconomics/
According to a 2008 article by David Rothkopf, the world’s 1,100 richest people have almost twice the assets of the poorest 2.5 billion (Rothkopf, 2008). Aside from the obvious problem – that this global elite has their hands in everything from politics to financial institutions – …
http://theprogressiveplaybook.com/2011/09/occupywallstreet-an-american-tahrir/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ght22PnCXy0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/wisconsin-is-ground-zero_b_825321.html
http://last-lost-empire.com/blog/?tag=global-corporate-oligarchy
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